WASHINGTON — Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the sale of enslaved people, the president of the prominent Jesuit university in Washington announced Thursday.

ALBANY, N.Y.—Two-and-a-half centuries after their military ancestors fought and died in two 18th-century North American wars, members of the British army’s Scottish regiment will embark on a canoe trip from Montreal to New York City that will trace the water route many of their forbearers travelled.

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s president has warned that Europe must learn lessons from World War II and must not tolerate any return to imperialist land grabs, an apparent reference to Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s region of Crimea.